Because I told you, you would look to regret it,
and now I don't wanna make you feel bad,
But when it comes to me just forget it,
I'll be the best you never had

nice song (:



TAS aquathlon on Saturday!
was pretty fun (:

it was actually really hot, but sometime before the A div boys were due to start the thunder clouds started rolling in.
and boy, were the winds strong!
the waves became REALLY choppy and huge.
they delayed the flag off for awhile to wait for the waves to subside.
Eventually the boys started, but then the waves were so big that the safety crew were kept really busy towing people back on speedboats, especially cause it was so easy to go off-course.
So our wave, the C,B and A div individual and relay girls, got delayed too.
The wind died down a little but the waves were still really big!

But anyway, we were finally allowed to start, and the starting was terrible!
by far the worst start i've had even though i think the fuji xerox open water thing in 2006 and 2007 had more people at the start line.
i was standing right in front (everyone kept jostling to the front even BEFORE the A div guys left, until the starter had to ask us to back off o.o) but i guess i wasn't agressive enough at the start!
the girls behind were really rough!
everyone just flailed around indiscriminately and swam over people to get to the front o.o
and pulled on whatever they could get their hands on, be it arms, legs, costumes!
gosh.
i was really afraid my championchip would drop off cause some annoying person actually grabbed my championchip-ed ankle and took what felt like forever to let go. sheesh.
not to mention the masses behind were so overwhelming i was pushed down underwater cause people kept going over me! o.o

anyway, left most of the pack behind after a while.
But cause the waves were so huge (it was like riding a rollercoaster), it was hard to avoid the other swimmers, and i kept banging into people. oops.
fighting my way to one of the few in front pretty much took nearly the entire distance to the first buoy.
by the time we rounded the first buoy, i think there were about 3 of us in front - kat, rachel goh and me.
and swimming to the 2nd buoy, i kept banging into rachel goh (sorry!) cause the waves were really really big - one moment you think you're a comfortable distance from the lane rope and the next you're nearly under it.

rounding the 2nd buoy, i was leading by a little bit.
coming back was not nearly half as bad since we weren't fighting the currents that much anymore.
but i think the entire distance we swam was definitely more than 750m.
probably 800+m, considering how much the lane ropes were bent by the current.
so instead of swimming straight we were swimming semi-circular courses. heh.

finally reached the shore and ran past the swim check point in 13mins+.
first time transiting, but there weren't any major problems.
so off i went for the 5k run!
a couple of relay runners overtook me not long after i started running, so i kinda used Audrey (Kat's runner) as a marker for how fast i was running.
the start of the running leg was abit tiring, but it got better after that.
in fact, my returning 2.5km was alot faster.
but then again maybe the 5km wasn't really divided equally both ways cause the return route was straighter.

in retrospect, the running leg passed pretty quickly.
it only really started to hurt at the last stretch of the 5k.
when i stepped onto the red carpet leading to the finish line i remember thinking that it was still such a long way to the finish line.

but anyway, finally made it past the finish line in one piece, and it was a great feeling!
i'd probably do it again (:

anyway, RJ girls did really well!
we got 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th for indiv(:
and Kat and Audrey's team got 2nd for relay.
a pity we were short of one relay team or we would've won the team championship ):

ah well.
it was good fun(:

You put me through so many emotions,
Now baby it's your turn for that,
'cause in your empty heart I have left a mark,
The best you never had.
-Leona Lewis